Tryptophan metabolism to kynurenine is a potential novel contributor to hypotension in human sepsis*

Autor: Cris G. dos Remedios, David S. Celermajer, Johan Duflou, Wendy M. Mak, Clive Woolfe, Ghassan J. Maghzal, Roland Stocker, Val Gebski, Dorrilyn Rajbhandari, Yutang Wang, Dechaboon Changsirivathanathamrong
Rok vydání: 2011
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Zdroj: Critical Care Medicine. 39:2678-2683
ISSN: 0090-3493
DOI: 10.1097/ccm.0b013e31822827f2
Popis: Objectives:To determine whether tryptophan metabolism to kynurenine contributes to the direct regulation of vascular tone in human septic shock.Background:Indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase 1 is an inducible enzyme that converts tryptophan to kynurenine and shares functional similarities with inducible nit
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